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1824 - The Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas was created when Mexico drafted a new constitution.

1844 - The Scioto Belle arrived at Galveston from New Orleans. The steamer operated between Galvenston and Houston and landings on the Trinity River. In 1844, during a yellow fever epidemic, it was docked at Lynchburg and was converted into a hospital by Dr. John Henry Bowers.

1861 - Anna Pennybacker was born in Petersburg, Virginia. She graduated from the first class of Sam Houston Normal School in Huntsville, TX. She wrote and published A New History of Texas in 1888. The textbook was a staple of Texas classrooms for forty years.

It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. Gandhi

Originally Posted by Carol

When I judge someone's integrity one key thing I look at is - How does s/he treat people s/he doesn't agree with or does not like?
I can respect someone who I do not agree with, but I have NO respect for someone who puts others down in a public forum. That is the hallmark of someone who has no integrity, and cannot be trusted.